Sentences with phrase «middle third of the pitch»

The second half saw the match deteriorate, with it largely contained in the middle third of the pitch.

They used to pick the through balls in the middle third of the pitch and have the final attacker / midfielder run into space and create a 1v1, and score.

Ince takes up the central attacking midfield role and plays an important part in his team's progression of the ball through the middle third of the pitch.

It concerned me how Southampton were able to control the middle third of the pitch against Liverpool on opening day.

Often it is from a standing start in the middle third of the pitch with his back to goal.

A full 26 % of his touches came on the left flank alone, a significant portion of which came in the middle third of the pitch, far, far removed from the Viola goal.

However, I felt the Brazilian lost the ball too often in the middle third of the pitch, perhaps a result of attempting to take more responsibility and dictate the pace of the game in the absence of more senior players.

Ilkay Gündogan: Has won possession in the middle third of the pitch more times (237) than any other player in the last 2 Bundesliga seasons